Technology and Gender in Japan

Abstract

For a long time, technology was assumed to be a socially neutral as well as a gender neutral force of historical development. However, research on social impact of new technologies, especially on biotechnology and computertechnology, brought new insights: It was realised that in-depth technological innovations bring special power potentials to some groups of society and tend to marginalize others. It was further recognized that this is not only a problem of social class but also of gender.